DESCRIPTION OF QUALITY

We purchase the scrap grades turnings, sheets, shear scrap, demolition scrap, shredded
scrap and bushellings. The different scrap grades and the respective BSW quality require-
ments are listed below.

Remarks valid for all scrap grades

· Free from any contamination
· Free from any hollow and explosive bodies and closed containers
· Free from radioactivity

Demolition scrap
Demolition and structural scrap with a thickness of ≥ 6 mm, dimensions max. 1,50 x 0,50 m,
suitable for magnet unloading
· Free from automotive scrap

Sheets (Grade 50)

New loose black sheet metal scrap, suitable for magnet unloading
· Free from dynamo-transformer sheets
· Free from tin plates and waste coming from gasometer industry (due to the Pb-content)
· Free from any other material with hazardous coating
· Free from endless metal strips which cannot be charged

Bushellings (Grade E6)

Light steel scrap, thin sheet bushelling, zinc coated
thickness < 3 mm, dimensions 40 x 40 x 40 cm
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Pig iron
Pig weight 12―18 kg with or without grooves

C 3,5―4,5 %
Si max. 1,0 %
Mn max. 1,5 %
P max. 0,15 %
S max. 0,05 %

Shears
Steel scrap ≥ 4 mm thickness for at least 50 % of the shipment
dimensions max. 1,50 x 0,50 x 0,50 m
· Suitable for magnet unloading
· Free from automotive scrap

Shredded scrap (Grade 33)

· Free from waste incineration scrap
· Free from waste separation scrap

Cu max. 0,23 %
Sn max. 0,020 %
Fe-content 92 %
Bulk density idm 1,1 to/m3
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Grade 31
Steel scrap with the following dimensions:
max. 1,50 x 0,50 x 0,50 m, thickness ≥ 4 mm, suitable for scrap unloading
· Shear scrap with a thickness ≥ 4 mm
· Free from automotive scrap

Demolition and structural scrap:

max. 1,50 x 0,50 x 0,50 m, thickness ≥ 6 mm, suitable for magnet unloading
· Free from any hazardous coatings and adhering matters

Turnings
Short or broken iron and steel turnings, suitable for handling with shovels
Long and mixed iron and steel turnings, respectively

· Free from cast and free-cutting turnings

· Free from weathered, lumpy and dilapidated turnings
· Free from fines
· Without sinter additions

C max. 1,2 %
Si max. 1,0 %
P max. 0,1 %
S max. 0,1 %
Cu max. 0,5 %
Cr max. 1,2 %
Ni max. 1,0 %
Mo max. 0,2 %
Sn max. 0,07 %
Pb max. 0,03 %
Zn max. 0,07 %